Circular Bowl with Scrolling Lotus Decor on the Interior and with Two Registers of Rising Lotus Petals on the Exterior
Xuande period, 1426-1435
Dimensions
H. 10.2 x Diam. 20.4 cm (4 x 8 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA (by 1949–1963), by inheritance; to Mabel Hobart Wentworth, Washington, DC (1963–1969), sold; through [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York (12 December 1969); to [J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1969?], sold; to David Berg, New York (after 1969–1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999. Notes: 1. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963), Harvard College Class of 1906 2. Mabel "Muffie" Hobart Wentworth Brandon Cabot (b. 1936), daughter of Richard Bryant Hobart and Janet Elliott Wulsin (1894–1963) 3. David Berg (1904–1999)
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